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UN nuke agency: progress on Iran nuclear program
A senior U.N. official announced progress Friday in long-stalled efforts to resume a probe of suspicions that Iran may have worked to develop nuclear ...
Famed French mountaineer Maurice Herzog dies at 93
France loved him for his indefatigable, pioneering spirit — the first man to climb an 8,000-meter Himalayan peak despite losing all his fingers and ...
Spaniard jailed in Cuba to finish sentence at home
A Spaniard sentenced in Cuba to prison for the death of a prominent dissident will fly back to Spain to serve the rest of his four-year term, ...
Swedish Christmas goat engulfed in flames _ again
Not even a layer of ice was enough to keep three people from torching the giant straw goat in a Swedish town where the annual challenge of charring ...
30 days in jail for Serbia's richest man
A judge on Friday ordered the richest man in Serbia to be held in prison for 30 days pending trial on suspicion of corruption, as the government ...
Russian investigators accuse Navalny of fraud
Russian investigators on Friday accused a prominent opposition leader of fraud and money-laundering, intensifying legal pressure on the anti-Kremlin ...
Germany suspends returning migrants to Greece
Germany has decided to hold off for a second consecutive year on sending asylum seekers back to Greece in an effort to relieve pressure on its ...
Circus claims vodka saves elephants in Siberia
Circus trainers claim two of their elephants were saved from the deadly Siberian cold by vodka. Emergency ministry spokesman Alexander Davydov said ...
European court condemns CIA in landmark ruling
A European court issued a landmark ruling Thursday that condemned the CIA's "extraordinary renditions" programs and bolstered those who say they were ...
New-found tale could be Hans Christian Andersen's
For years, the somber fairy tale about a lonely candle that wanted to be lit dwelt in oblivion at the bottom of a box in Denmark's National Archives.
Turkey Patriot defenses to be ready next month
The Patriot air defense missiles being deployed to protect Turkey from spillover from Syria's civil war will become operational at the end of January, ...
French former spy chief cleared of 2 counts
A Paris appeals court has rejected two of three charges against the former head of France's domestic intelligence agency over allegedly illegal ...
5 killed in Russian building collapse
Five workers have been killed in the collapse of a building that was under construction in the Russian city of Taganrog, and rescuers are searching ...
Paris gets ice rink in palatial setting
Parisians and tourists can now glide and sway — or stumble— at an ice rink under the vaulted glass dome of the landmark Grand Palais. The seasonal ...
Rescuers abandon efforts to save beached whale
Rescuers called off attempts Thursday to save a humpback whale that beached itself on a sand bank off the northern Dutch coast, saying the animal is ...
Vatican austerity means donated nativity scene
The Vatican has happily accepted a donated Nativity scene for St. Peter's Square this Christmas after a previous setup costing €550,000 ($717,000) was ...
Protesters slam Turkish coup plot trial
Turkish police on Thursday used pepper spray and water cannons to push back hundreds of protesters trying to enter a courthouse where prosecutors were ...
German who received terror training jailed
A German man has been convicted on terrorism charges and given a four years and three months prison sentence for being a member of a group that ...
Russian opposition refused permission for rally
The Moscow city government on Thursday said it will not allow a rally marking the anti-Putin protest movement's first anniversary, but opposition ...
5 Danes convicted of arson, acquitted of terror
Five left-wing extremists have been convicted of arson attacks on Danish buildings, including a police academy and two banks, but were acquitted of ...
Poland's last communist era leader in hospital
A doctor says that the life of Poland's last communist leader hospitalized after a heavy nosebleed is not in danger. Hospital spokesman Piotr ...
US legal experts find problems in Tymoshenko trial
A U.S. law firm hired by the Ukrainian government has concluded that the trial of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was rife with problems ...
Swedish volunteer dies after Pakistan shooting
Sweden's government says an elderly Swedish woman who was shot by a gunman while working as a volunteer in Pakistan has died from her wounds.
Russia acknowledges Assad losing control
Syria's most powerful ally, Russia, said for the first time Thursday that President Bashar Assad is losing control of his country and the rebels might ...
Spain seizes $36.5 mln in Mubarak-linked assets
Spanish police say they have seized some €28 million ($36.5 million) of assets linked to deposed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. A police statement ...